FT, PBS partner to cover U.S. opioids epidemic
The Financial Times and PBS have debuted “Opioids Inc.,” a combined investigation into the role one pharmaceutical company played in fueling America’s epidemic of opioid addiction, and how it and its stockholders profited from it. This is the first-ever collaboration between “Frontline” and the FT, while demonstrating the latter’s continued investment to engage audiences in […]
How Wirecard and German regulators went after the Financial Times
Chris Bryant of Bloomberg Opinion writes about how German tech company Wirecard criticized coverage — now proven to be accurate — of the company by the Financial Times. Bryant writes, “The company has for months been engaged in a war of words with the Financial Times newspaper and short sellers, who queried its accounting practices and […]
FT editor Khalaf talks about how the paper’s staff is working remotely
Financial Times editor Roula Khalaf told Jane Barrett of Reuters, and the global online audience for WAN-IFRA’s World Media Leaders eSummit, how the FT has been navigating the pandemic, how it continues to innovate, and the story it needs to own. Brian Veseling of WAN-IFRA writes, “‘For us it’s been both a huge challenge, but also just […]
Wincott Foundation taps former FT editor Barber as chairman
Former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber has been named the chairman of trustees of the Wincott Foundation. Barber tweets: “Some personal news: I am the new chairman of trustees of the Wincott Foundation dedicated to encouraging and recognising high quality financial and business journalism. Never been more important in Britain. I salute Sir Richard Lambert […]
The best of times, and the worst of times, in financial journalism
Former boss of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal Will Lewis, and ex-Financial Times editor Lionel Barber talked financial journalism, reports Press Gazette. Both executives spoke via video conference organized by the Center for the Study of Financial Innovation. Lewis says: “We have to get people to tighten up. Because the world needs facts […]
Financial Times launches sports business vertical Scoreboard
The Financial Times is launching Scoreboard, a weekly briefing on the business of sport. Available to FT subscribers from this Saturday, the briefing will cover financial issues affecting the largest global sports clubs, franchises, competitions, owners, investors and media groups across the global sports industry. Led by sports editor Murad Ahmed, and Due Diligence co-creators Arash Massoudi and James Fontanella-Khan, […]
The Information hires Martineau, Di Stefano as reporters
Technology news site The Information has hired Financial Times’ Mark Di Stefano and Wired’s Paris Martineau. Di Stefano will be covering Amazon and Big Tech’s European battles from London, while Martineau will be reporting on Amazon from New York. Prior to joining Financial Times as a media and tech reporter, Di Stefano was first a […]
Economist hires FT’s Wong as China correspondent
Sue-Lin Wong, a reporter at the Financial Times, has been hired by the Economist as its China correspondent. She has been working out of the FT bureau in Shenzhen for the past year. Wong had previously been with Reuters since September 2014. She previously freelanced for The New York Times, Reuters, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, among other publications in China and […]
Meet the FT’s first female editor, Roula Khalaf
Zoe Williams of Vogue profiled Roula Khalaf, who became the first female editor of the Financial Times in its 131-year history earlier this year. Williams writes, “When we meet, the true impact of the coronavirus is yet to be felt in Britain, and Khalaf and her team are consumed by the approaching pandemic. Since the […]
FT, McKinsey to host free event “Biz Books in Times of Uncertainty”
The Financial Times in collaboration with the McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award committee will be hosting a live virtual event “Business Books in Times of Uncertainty,” which will focus on the challenges and opportunities for business book authors, agents, editors, publishers, and booksellers in these times of crisis. The event will also take […]
